>> that all happening in the windy city grazing for more nato protests today. police fighting back with batons and thousands of anti nato protestors are clashing with the officers there. police officer stabbed in the leg. three others also injured. more than 4 dozen demonstrators arrested. today is the last day. one guard was killed 5 others were hurt. it was linked to some sort of a power struggle between inmates there. the smoke is believed to be tear gas. they heard gun fire coming from inside that jail. >> the arsonist today after someone torched more than a dozen buildings in just the past five days.

cops believe all of those fires with one person. 14 bane doned buildings in birmingham destroyed so far. now an entire community is on edge. >> i got it through the back window. >> even though that arsonist is targeting abandoned buildings concern now for the nearby homes which po tetential fire can spr. >> tropical storm alberto the first storm of the hurricane season is not expected to reach land but it is causing dangerous water conditions in places like virginia beach. the storm can bring strong winds and scattered rains across the area. forecasters expected from the northeast and head out to see. >> last night it was lady's night in las vegas at the billboard awards.

>> kelly clarkson performing her brand new single dark side. katie barry scored 51 -- five top 100 hits. the only other person to do that michael jackson. >> tailor swift was recognized as billboard's woman of the year. ♪ >> jordan sparks sang her own rendition of i will always love you as a tribute to whitney houston. >> i want to say thank you to everyone who supported us through it all not just from when it was good but when it was bad, too. thank you so much for showing

that much love. >> those are your 5 at 5 headlines. >> in the middle of the billboard music awards the co host interrupted the broadcast with this tragic announcement. >> the world lost another legend. want to take a moment to pause and remember robin gibbs. his voice and music with the bee gees will live on forever. >> marianne rafferty has more for us. >> a founding member of the hit group the bee gees has died. robin gibb died after a long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery. he and his brothers foerled the bee gees back in 1960. it was short for brother's gibb. they were known for saturday night fever sound track that featured hits like night fever. ♪

who could forget "how deep is your love". ♪ >> their music came to epitomize the disco era and it was the pinnacle of their career. ♪ >> they sold more than 2 million records and they had a long string of successful singles. it led the trio into the rock and roll hall of fame in 97 an honor at the took in stride. >> i think our families would echo that. >> survived his second wife and four children along with his older brother barry and sister leslie evans.

he was 62. another top story we are following today is the death of the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing over lockerbie, scotland. that is providing some kind of closure to the victim's families but it is raising questions today. kelly wright is live with more. tell us all about this. >> good morning to you as well. al maraty is dead. he was the only one known in the terrorist bombing in 1993. they claim libya's late dictator moammar qaddafi as well as syria and iran were involved in the bombing. megrahi was diagnosed with cancer he was released from jail only to receive a sehero's welce back in libya. all of this causing outrage for

the families of bombing victims. aboard the flight was 36-year-old tom amevid. he talked about his death and rolling in the bombing. >> he carried out orders. there were more people involved, qaddafi's right-hand man in the intelligence. he's the key. >> a relative as well as qaddafi. >> he knows what happened in pan-am 103. he knows the other individuals involved and other countries involved. there's no question in my mind iran and syria had been involved. i don't know if our government or the british got. has the stomach to find the truth because it might go to the door of iran. >> pan-am flight went down killing all 259 people on board mostly americans plus 11 people on the ground. it was one of the most deadly attacks in modern history.

meg g megrahi -- >> it was a propa process. we have to give people the chance to mourn those that were lost in the cote cases dealt with. >> they are under international pressure to help with further investigations after that horrific attack 24 years ago. >> heather back to you. >> thank you so much. we will cover this more through out the morning. we will hear more from burt amerman. he will be on fox and friends early this morning. let's talk politics right now. the 2012 election. we have been covering as you

well know the obama cast has launched an attack on the company using it as a platform to slam his jobs record. >> perhaps the big e news comes from newark, new jersey there. cory booker is making headlines for saying quote he's very uncomfortable with obama's attack. take a listen. m it /* i am very uncomfortable. >> cory booker now backtracking and reaffirming his support for the president's campaign. >> i also expressed on meet the

press my profound frustration with the kind of campaigning that i think is becoming too much of the norm in our nation. generally negative campaigning. this campaigning is about to become an avalanche. in many ways i believe who potentially rule out more voices of the candidates themselves talking about the issues that matter. mitt romney has saved his business record sainter piece of his campaign he toted himself as a job creator. i encourage the obama campaign to examine that record and to discuss it. i have no problem with that. booker released that video late last night. can you image the call he got from the obama campaign? >> a time to look at who is talking this morning. it's the lawyers for both sides trayvon martin and george zimmerman. last night they appeared

together on geraldo. possible plea deals will get into work. they reacted the evidence that supports his story. listen to this. >> everybody has interest in the public assumption. everybody can look at it for themselves. you can look at the witness statements that they were not on the ground when the ground was fired. look at the witness statements and then look at the medical records they have a one-inch laceration on his forehead and only one mark on top of his head and he was bleeding. thae important. that explains why he didn't go to the hospital last night. trayvon martin had one-quarter to one 8th of an inch on his left ring finger. that is his only injury. it is or not that we look at the evidence thoroughly before we

jump to conclusions. most importantly, if there was an altercation between the two, then it is because george zimmerman ran after trayvon martin. he's weighing in on whether or not this against his client has been prejudged and a possible decision over a predeal has been made? >> it wouldn't be made until we have all of the ed. i have less than half. you have less than i have. it is too early to make decisions like that. we need to look at all of the evidence take the definitions and make a decision how the case is going to proceed. >> oo let me ask you another state of mind issue. are you in any way -- is your concernal leigh yat ---al

alleviated. >> my concern about this case all along has been people have acted out of frprejudging the case. those people who made up their minds have less than we do. my fear is that prejudging of the case is going to continue through our society and nation and through the jury and hear this case unbiassed. that's my greatest concern. it is now 12 minutes after the hour. who do they think they are? federal judges planning to spend more than a million dollars of your tax payer money on laugh vish conferences in hawaii. >> really a million bucks. >> the kennedy family continues. we are talking about dangers robert kennedy junior. as we head to the break more from the bee gees and the passing of one of the brothers overnight.

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>> good monday morning to you. brand new video in from the damage of a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. looking at the talent hall there. 7 people are dead in that area. now thousands are homeless. we are back here at home the kennedy family dispute continues this morning. source telling the new york post that the relativeser mary richardson kennedy snubbed her estranged husband robert kennedy junior by not inviting him to a

private memorial being held today in new york. thank you, heather. joining us is lauren simonetti. >> we are starting with nasdaq. some major glitches with facebook. >> it was a silz for the company and it opens trading for facebook. triple whammie. opened half hour late. a lot of the orders didn't go through. they went to cancel orders that never happened. the third thing that went wrong is that gained only 23 points on the day. we were looking for a huge number that never happened. >> it was the talk of the

weekend. now we have a list this morning of the highest ceo's payment wise. salary wise for 2011. >> you are not on here ainsley. >> one day. >> number one on the list is apple's new ceo tim cook bringing home 378 million last year. number 2 oracle ceo. >> moon dust bringing in 70 million and oracle 76 million. google executive chairman making a big announcement of college graduate commencement speech. >> speaking at boston university he says he dares challenges all of the graduates to put down their connectivity their mobile he phones their i pads or

whatever for one hour every single day. they will get somebody else to have a real life conversation using your voice. >> we turn ours off every day from 5-6 p.m. >> you are doing well. >> the only thing that would have made it better is turn it off every day for an hour and call your mom. eat an apple a day. you are fine. >> four years ago he vowed to change the lobbyists in washington. he is not practicing what he preaches. >> you think you deserve to be paid more than you do right now? it is depressing. the prices at the pump national average 3.68 a gallon. 20 mints after the hour. we will be right back.

>> good morning. it is 24 minutes after the hour. this is something we all have to do at one point in our career, negotiate our salaries. only 26 percent of women actually feel comfortable negotiating salt recompar -- sa compared to 27 percent of men. -- 37 percent of men. tips on how to get the salary we deserve. >> feel comfortable go after what you want. you have to be ready to prove it and the timing has to be right. >> people need to do mock interviews. >> yes. they play it out in advance. the conversation can go any number of directions.

you anticipate that. >> every ven tality you have to be covered. >> you have to be confident. negotiating makes us feel anxious, uncomfortable. we feel we don't deserve it. >> over half a million dollars in earnings over their career. step up to the plate be comfortable shift their minds and make sure the timing is right. >> it's like asking for the ring before he tells you he loves you. a bad idea. if you are an existing employee or prospective employer they need to bring up the conversation. >> what if they don't? >> you take back what it is. gee i have credit card debt.

nobody wants to hear that. don't go there. >> the economy in a top spot right now a lot of employers complain about that rightfully so. how do you address that issue? >> you have to be able to prove you are ready for the race. it's about the employer not about you. you have to go back and see what your value is, too. know your value. know what you bring to the table know what distinguishes you what separates you from the pack. why deserve what you deserve. >> do your research. >> figure out what your salary service out there is. there's a bunch of them out there. all about factoring in not only your education your experience your skills set but all you bring to the table that is different than other people. it is now 26 minutes after the housh. who do you think they are? we are talking about the gsa.

federal judges planning to spend more than a million dollars in tax money or elaborate conference in hawaii. did you see the clips yesterday. we had amazing pictures of this just in case you missed it. we will show you those. on this date in history in 1999 susan lucci won her first emmy after 19 nominations.

>> good morning. good monday morning to you. welcome back to fox and friends first. i am heather nauert. >> i am ainsley earhardt. it is 30 minutes after the hour. violent clashes between police and protestors outside of the nato summit in chicago as president obama meets with afghanistan's president to talk about plans to end the war in the country. doug luzader has more. >> can the nato alliance hold up? the talks turn to afghanistan as they try to craft an exit strategy already testing nato he is /* aesz aes -- nato's ties. will the mission in afghanistan

come apart at the seems rather than withdraw of combat forces next year. the new president now intends to withdraw french forces in afghanistan this year much earlier than expected. there are fears that other countries wracked by death and public disconsent may follow suit. that was on full display in the streets of chicago. they clashed with police. president obama meeting with hamid karzai was up beat. >> we are working with the afghans over the next several years to achieve a complete transition to afghan leads for afghan security and also post 2014 in which we have ended our combat role, the afghan war as we understand it is over and our commitment to friendship and partnership with afghanistan

continues. adding to the drama tension with pakistan. they killed pakistani soldiers. the top commander in afghanistan is hoping for a break through. >> there have been very positive indications of late. interests in entering into negotiations. i can't tell you when that will occur. obviously sooner is better than later. >> the plan is to have afghan forces start to take charge this year to help smooth the transition. there are still serious transitions as to whether they will be up to the task. >> doug luzader thank you so much in washington this morning. we will have a live report. we will have more later. now for the 5 at 5:30 making

news at this hour. more than any president before then obama pledged -- president obama reduced the power of lobbyists in washington. white house visitor logs reveal many of the lobbyists invited there are representing the administrative policies. the aflc irbeio since obama too office. the man using a web cab to spy on his roommate could face 10 years in prison or be deport to do his home country libya. he was studying here at the time of the incident turned oun a plea deal that would have kept him out of jail. it sounds like the gsa part 2 senator outraged over a plan

to send western federal judges to a lavish conference in maui to the cost of taxpayers of $1 million. it reads more like a vacation than a business trip. the plan includes surfing yoga. >> my. >> a lot more about that that's for sure. >> this is a sick and disturbing beating. two men have been arrested in the vicious attack. lewis and howard both 18 years old have been charged with aggravated battery and problrob. the hunt is still on for two other suspects. check out the stunning sight millions turning their eyes up to the skies to watch the dream of fire eclipse. you are looking right now at a time lapse video. isn't this so cool. it's taken from utah. you can see the moon passing in

front of the sun leaving only the bold enring around the edges. for us on the east coast unfortunately we couldn't dsee it. these images were snapshots taken from japan, china and hong kong. >> beautiful. isn't it? another look at who is talking this morning it's the former speaker of the house verses the current speaker of the house. nancy pelosi and john boehner arguing over the debt ceiling scheduled tax hikes. they have yet to move on either one of those. nancy pelosi taking it to the sunday circuit talk show to slam boehner's approach. >> last year the threat of not lifting the debt ceiling caused our credit rating to be lowered. it is not a sensible mature place for us to go. we all know we have to reduce the debt. we have to do it in a balanced way if

way. we don't want to go over the edge. >> boehner calling on congress to deal with all of this before the election. >> looking at the largest tax increase. we are looking at big cuts to department of defense and increase in the debt limit. why do we want to lead to rush this through at the end of the year after the election? >> on a separate note they are feeling pretty optimistic going into november that in regards a congressional seat. >> they both have to see don't they? >> donald trump making a tough call. who will be the next celebrity apprentice. ar sin yo ha-- arsenio hall or aiken? >> the winner of celebrity apprentice and 1 million given to their charity is... arsenio

hall. >> oh. >> waiting for the... the foundation to provi fight aids. coming up at 7:30 ax m. eastern time donald trump will be joining fox and friends. you will have to catch that. and the avengers singing t sink the new hit at the box office. staying at number one for the third straight weekend. $56 million. justin bieber making this girl -- making her day. katie spent ore a year campaigning for the singer to come to her high school prom. he won upped her inviting her to last night's billboard music awards. where is her picture. none of their pictures have been released. they are still partying in las vegas. producers are smarter than i am.

they are ahead of us. >> we have to get one of the phones up loaded. >> we want a story at this hour. they rally to treat the clippers. they are 8-0 at the playoffs they won 18 straight games. they came back to even their series against the pacers. lebron james 80 points 18 rebounds and 9 assists. the nationals struck out 8 batters. 8 batters. hit the first homer of his career they win 9-3. after all of these years a ya yankee $4.4 million. 4 and a half million dollars almost. it is a world record for sports memorabilia.

>> it is 39 after the hour. a warning about one of the most popular vehicles in our country. the reason it could go up in flames. details coming up next. your couch could be killing you? a house warning you will have to hear. couch potatoes. >> that's coming up in a couple minutes. 20 minutes before the hour. we will be right back.

>> first look at the man arrested for heckling former british prime minister tony blair for a commencement speech in main. lawrence like ert shouted war criminals during the address. >> chaos in chicago as thousands protest the nato conference that is taking place in that city. wfld chicago reporter with more on what the city is bracing for today. how are things looking today? >> right now nice and quiet. it is very early on the market. protestors will gather as they get ready to step up at 9:00. their plans today is to head to the boeing headquarters a place they say they have shut down. hid quarters shut down its own business for the day telling employees to stay home. they don't want to encounter looking at right now. no telling what is going to

happen yesterday. this was the scene in chicago as chicago police geared up in riot gear and then had to hold the protestors back at the convention center where the world eights leaders are meeting for the nato sum mitted. they were aping gree because police wouldn't let them get beyond a certain point. they told them to go home they did not and then they started to move in with billy clubs and take control of that. 4 people raised in that. police say they have arrested 70 people -- i should say about 65 people since the very beginning of this. that is actually a really small number and gary mccarthy and others were injured in what you are looking at as well. one of those officers was stabbed in the leg. got a little emotional when they

were talking about the officers. he went right out there in the middle of it all. something a lot of people don't usually see. the person in charge usually directing things from the command center. not gary mccarthy he was right in the middle of it all right behind the line of the police officers telling them they were doing a good job. reporting life fr-- live from chicago. back to you in the studio. >> thank you so much. family members of the lockerbie bombing reacting this morning after the death of a bomber al magrahi over the weekend. good morning. >> good morning to you and good morning everyone. al-m al-mmegarhi was the only person

ever convicted of the pan-am bombing. it killed 270 people on board and on the ground. he was freed from prison in 2009 on humanitarian grounds following a cancer diagnosis. he thought he would only live a few months instead he survived for nearly 3 years. new york senator charles schumer released one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the last 100 years. his death only brings a measure of comfort to those who lost loved ones. >> today i am pleased with his death. in it was ten years ago khaddafy he would be angry today. khaddafy killed last year he was the big fish. megrahi became a big fish. >> the former libyan tick date tore. many victim's family members say

it should be an opportunity for the u.s. to press the libyan government to find out if any one else was involved in the bombing. robert moses, fox news. we are going to be hearing more from his brother who died in the bombing. he be will be on fox and friends. victim's families say they believe the whole plot was a lot deeper potentially all of the way to iran. we will keep you posted on that. >> finally getting a little bit of closure. >> time is 48 now after the hour. occupy my wedding the bride wore white but was seeing red. we will tell you the story behind this picture. >> it is a core and a grill all in one. what you need to buy right now for your member kworial day bas. >> check in with brian kilmeade first to swhooes coming up.

>> good morning to you. we are looking at the weekend. we have footage they didn't see but we have some of it. it will be great to start the show. then talk to george brett. he had temper tantrums and pine tar was too high in the back. group of high school seniors who supported president obama now changed their minds. they will be talking about it because they are upset with the government debt. donald trump trepressure off hi live show. we will go head to head in a race on the ver randa. they took the ice an mud away. it is time to race. all coming up on "fox & friends".

>> i can't believe it is already here memorial weekend one week away. we wanted to show you gadgets that will make your memorial day get together more memorable. for that we have senior editor hayden lynch. >> tell us what we have mere. first want to start with the chair over here. >> if you are going camping we have the chair. it has a nifty feature here. you can see i am also going to spare nature with hall and oats. >> it goes all of the way around? >> so if you want to get up from the chair you do this and turn it around. >> it's the la-z-boy feature. >> you may your music you will be the hit of the party. >> vulcan 3-1 tote. propane filled grill.

>> you get a grill and you get -- >> it's in the pack. >> you also get a 3 piece grilling tool set finally you have your cooler. >> hot cold combined. this would be great especially if you want to cook hamburgers and cold beverages. >> this is a pizza stoner. throw wood chips in p it has a temp gauge in the front you close it up. >> like a brick oven pizza. >> get your hamburgers on the side. >> these are my favorite. heather and i were talking about these. her sons need these. >> if you don't catch anything whale you are out fishing. you have marshmallows or

bratwurst on there. >> camouflage for southern folks. >> what is this contraption? >> if you are sit can around with the kids this is the tieing knot water balloon system. fill up a water balloon. i am going to hope this works and i don't spray you. >> just like that. you slip it off. >> then you throw this at your loved one. not at me, please. >> these are great little neat gadgets we can enjoy over memorial weekend. >> we have all of the details on fox friends first.com. 55 after the hour. coming up have you heard about this one your sofa could be killing you. health warning. you have to hear this. it's your woshd of the d -- wor day all scrambled up. stick around for the answer.

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>> good morning. it's about 12 minutes before the hour as we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly. first, the good to tell you about this morning. scientists have discovered a new type of prostate cancer that afflicts 15% of patients who have that disease. the discovery and here's why it's good news is so ground breaking it could help doctors specifically tailor treatments to patients. the bad -- your sofa. a "new york times" writer claims that your couch could actually be killing you. >> look at that picture. >> take a look at that right there. that's because most couches and chairs contain flame retardant chemicals that apparently do little to protect from fires but the chemicals are also linked to cancer and reproductive problems. that's a serious one. and finally, the ugly. check out this scowl on this not

so blushing bride and she has good reason to be upset. poor elizabeth and her new husband stepping out of the church and you're in such a good mood when you do so. they, of course, just exchanged vows in chicago and landed in the middle of occupy protesters who were in town for the nato summit. >> all right. it's time now to get scrambled up. clayton morris is here to help us out. >> good morning, guys. >> do you know what it is? this is an easy one. you of all people, mr. astrologist. >> oh, yes. >> oh, astrology? >> eclipse. and astronomy, not astrology. >> whatever. whatever. >> oh, please! >> i won't be watching you now this morning. >> love is in the air. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we're not going to have any music today. it's a little delayed like all our brains on monday mornings, right? including